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G. H. PACKWOOD, Sn.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1914.

L22,55B Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1917.

Application filed July 9, 1914. Serial No. 849,915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn H. PAOK- WOOD, S12, a citizen of the UnitedStates and a resident of Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and Improved Table of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a table having a base whichis normally pivoted in a guideway on an arm of a chair so that the tablesection may be rotated to a position where it will rest on the otherchair arm, it being possible to move the table section rearwardly in theguideway, thereby disposing the table section longitudinally of and overthe first mentioned chair arm. To the table section there is hinged atable section which may be adjusted relatively to the table section bymeans provided. When the table section is disposed over the chair arm towhich it is pivoted the table section normally depends therefrom at theouter side of the chair arm.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingspecification in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing how mytable is used;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing the position of.my table when notin use;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing means for pivoting the table base inthe guideway; and

Figs. 1 and 5 are fragmentary views showing how the bolt is made use ofto hold the table section by means of the arm in alinement with thetable base.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a guide member 5 isprovided having a guideway 6, there being metal strips 7 secured to thetop of the guide member 5, these metal strips 7 being spaced apart forreceiving the shank 8 of the pin 9, the shank 8 of the said pin 9 beingalso disposed in an orifice 10 in the table section 11. The pin 9 has ahead 12 disposed in the guideways 6 which prevents removal of the tablesection 11 from the guide member 5, while permitting the table section11 to rotate relatively to the guide member 5 and also to movelongitudinally of the guide member 5.

As will be seen by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings the guide member5 may be secured to the arm 13 of a chair 1% by means of a clamp 15; butif desired this guide member 5 may be made integral with the said arm13. The table section 11 when it is rotated and is disposed across thechair 1% is supported at its outer terminal 16 by means of the chair arm17 To the edge 18 of the table section 11 there is hinged a tablesection 19, and in the underside of this table section 19 there is adrawer 20 which is mounted in the customary manner. The table section 19is held in adjusted position relatively to the table section 11 by thearm 21 which is pivoted to the tablesection 11 at 22 and which isprovided with a longitudinal slot 23 with recesses 24, in any one ofwhich a pin 25, which projects from the table section 19, may bedisposed. WV hen it is desired to change the position of the tablesection 19 relatively to the table section 11, the arm 21 is moved tofree the pin 25 from the recess 24: in which it has been disposed whenthe arm 21 is moved to a position where the pin 25 will be disposed inanother of the said recesses 24. As a means for holding the tablesection 19 in alinement with the table section 11, I provide a bolt 26which is arranged in the table section 11 and which is normally heldextended by means of the spring 27, this bolt 26 being provided forinsertion in an orifice 28 in the arm 21. When the bolt 26 is disposedin the said orifice 28 it will serve to hold the arm 21 relatively tothe table section 11 which will provide a supporting means for the tablesection 19 disposed in alinement with the said table section. There is aslot 29 in the table section 11 to which is disposed a stud 3Osecured-to the bolt 26 for moving the said bolt 26 inwardly to permitthe arm 21 to pass.

I prefer to provide the table section 11 with marks 31 indicating inchesand fractions thereon, and I also prefer to provide the table section 19with a checker board 32 and a cribbage board 33; but, of course. thesefeatures may be omitted when desired,

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a tablesection adapted to be superposed upon one arm of a chair, a guideelement carried by said table section, a complementary guide elementadapted to be carried by a chair arm and cooperatively connected withthe first mentioned guide element to pivotally and slidably connect thetable section with the chair arm to permit the table section to movelongitudinally and transversely of the arm, whereby one longitudinaledge of said table section may be disposed at the outer longitudinaledge of the chair arm, and said edge of the table section may bedisposed at the front of the chair arm and at right angles thereto whenthe table section is extended away from the front of the chair arm, asecond table section hinged to the aforesaid edge of the first tablesection and adapted to depend from the first table section when saidfirst table section is superposed longitudinally over the chair arm, andmeans for holding the second table section in adjusted position relativeto the first table section.

2. In a device of the character described, an elongated base adapted tobe superposed upon one arm of a chair, a table section having one edgeof approximately equal length with said base, guide means connecting oneend of said table section with said base to permit the table section torotate and also to move longitudinally of the base from end to end,whereby one edge of the said table section may be disposed at the outeredge of the base when said table section is disposed above andlongitudinally of the base, and whereby the aforesaid edge of the tablesection may be disposed at the front of the base and at right anglesthereto when the table section is extended away from the front of thebase, a second table section hinged to aforesaid edge of the first tablesection and adapted to depend from the first table section when saidfirst table section is disposed longitudinally over the base, and meansfor holding the second table section in adjusted position relative tothe first table section.

3. In a table, a base having a guideway, a table section pivoted in theguideway, a second table section hinged to the first table section, anarm pivoted to one of the table sections and having a slot with a recessand a pin on the other table section disposed in the slot and adapted tomove into the recess, whereby one section may be swung and heldrelatively to the other section, there being an orifice in the arm and abolt on one of the table sections for engaging the arm at the saidorifice.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of the two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HORATIO PACKWOOD, SR.

Witnesses:

H. M. SHAW,

JENNY OHME.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

